Mop-holder.



1. J. PHARE.

MOP HOLDER.

APPLICATION man JULY :9, 1915.

Patented T2111 9, 1917.

WIT ESSES INVENTOR. WWW

-.JOHN JAY PHARE. OF CLEVELAND,

MOP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters lPatent.

Patentedv Jan. 9, 19517.

Application filed July 19, 1915. Serial No. 40,544.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN JAY PHARE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of'Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a holder for either dry sanitary mops or the ordinary mop manufactured for wet use. Also for oil-treated dusters.

It is to be understood, that the patent herein prayed for is for an improvement upon an invention for which Letters Patent have been granted to the said John Jay Phare under date of March 16, 1915, and numbered 1,182,524, a mop-holder, and the improvement consists in the adaptation of the slotted cross bar, by means of an enlargement at one end of each slot, for the insertion of the heads of rivets disposed at suitable positions in the cross band of the mop, but so attached that the rivetheads protrude from the mop band for engagement with and ready removal from the mop-head slots.

My invention is to obviate a common inconvenience in the attachment of mops to their handles, viz: By the usual methods of attachment the mop proper is drawn within an iron frame-work of the handle so that protruding parts of the holding device come into injurious contact with the wood-work or furniture.

The improvement herein shown consists of means of attachment whereby the outer portions of the mop project beyond the holder at each side to form a protecting cushion.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings; similar reference characters being used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a plan of my device showing the handle in section. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken horizontally on a line through the two small rivet holes shown in Fig. 3 at the outer ends of upright portion B said line diverging to intersect the integral clips 7. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of device, the handle and mop being broken away. Fig. 4 is a side view of the attaching cross head. Fig. 5 is a modified form of my device in which the handle and crosshead are made in one piece.

My improvement as shown generally at Fig. 3 consists of a sheet metal stamping B provided with integral clips 7 punched out and bent to form a socket for the handle A, and so bent at its lower portion as to form a cross bar, Figs. 1 and 2, which is provided with key-hole shaped slots 0, adapted at one end to receive the heads of suitable attaching devices it, secured to the transverse band of' the mop or duster, symmetrically with the middle portion and at required distances therefrom. When rivets are used for attachment and engagementwith holder the rivets are clenched upon small washers at under side of mop band, the heads of rivets protruding above mop to suitably engage in the key-hole slots. Care is to be used that cross-bar is shorter than width of mop to prevent marring of woodwork or furniture by the cross-bar.

Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show the cross-head B comprising a horizontal portion B with slots and an upright portion B provided with the clamping members 7 punched out of the crosshead B, and with a reduced upper end bent in arcuate formation, shown also in Fig. 4, adapted to constitute in conjunction with the clamps f a socket for the tapered end of the handle A. I preferably form said mop holder from a sheet metal blank bent into the shape described, though I do not confine myself to this structure.

My invention relates to mop heads for holding sanitary or wet mops such as are in general use, that are usually constructed with a transverse web holding the fibers of the mop together in their middles. At loca tions in this web, conforming to the keyholed slots in the mop holder cross head heretofore described, I insert rivets h and clench their points over small washers at the under side of the mop, leaving suflicient of the rivet head protruding from upper side of mop to enter and engage in the slot. In use the rivet heads h are inserted in the apertures 6 one at a time and the mop adjusts itself in the holder. To remove mop this operation is reversed.

The modified form, Fig. 5, a metal strip doubled together and riveted M, is then bent outward in inverted Y form and at the apertures epreviously punched out-the ends J are turned inward until they are in in said head having longitudinal slots, one

end of each slot having an enlargement to admit the head of a suitable attaching device secured to a mop or duster.

2. A mop holder comprising a head, a cross bar, slots in said cross bar adapted to removably engage the heads of suitable Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 7 Washington, D. 0.

attaching devices secured to a mop or duster.

3. In a mop holder, a head adapted to engage a mop handle and provided with a cross bar, slots in said cross bar and a duster or mop provided with means for engaging said slots whereby the mop or duster is detachably secured to the holder.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN JAY PHAREU Witnesses:

Z. 0. Homes, EDITH BILL.

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